Sir Tristano, upon finding out this news, was very sorrowful and worried. But then, cleverly, he went throughout the city hiding lances and spears and anything that looked like a lance. Afterwards he armed himself with care to great advantage, wearing his best armor and grasping in his hand a heavy iron mace with three iron balls hanging from it on strong chains: each one of those balls by itself weighed 100 pounds.

La Tavola Ritonda